{"id":7700,"date":"2012-12-10T15:15:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T14:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=7700"},"modified":"2019-05-03T11:31:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T09:31:40","slug":"google-communities-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2012\/12\/google-communities-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Google+ Communities for startupers to join (& 100 to avoid)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Google+Last week Google+ announced the launch of Google+ Communities – think Facebook Groups, and despite what any other article will try to tell you, they are identical, both visually and in overall usefulness. +Rude Baguette<\/a>\u00a0has been on Google+ for quite some time – we’re evening doing exclusive Rude Hangout’s each week.\u00a0While it’s still early days for Google+ Communities, I scoured the internet looking for promising Google+ Communities so that you don’t have to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Building a Company<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>easily the most interesting Google+ Community – it’s moderated by Robert Scoble<\/a><\/strong>. The community makes use of almost every Google+ Community functionality, so it’s also a great sample to explore to see what you can do with Communities. The left-hand column features categories of topics for the group – legal, getting pr, business plans, etc. – and the right-hand side shows who the moderators, members, hangouts, and events associated with the group are.<\/li>\n
  2. French Startupers<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0my only guess can be that this invite-only group is started by Cedric Giorgi, as it looks similar to the Facebook Group he started earlier this year. I can’t say much about this community, as I apparently don’t qualify as a French startuper (neither French nor in a ‘startup,’ even though building a blog is hard as hell), but I highly recommend this one based on feedback I’ve gotten from other members about the Facebook version.<\/li>\n
  3. Tech & Startups in Paris<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>The only open Paris startup community I could come across, I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on this one over the next couple weeks. I’d like to see a central place for people to discuss the ecosystem (other than here, of course!).<\/li>\n
  4. European Startups<\/strong><\/a>: for the more open-minded international startups, this could be a great community. Its (relatively) large following seems fairly active so far, although only time will tell.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of course there are plenty of bogus communities that people set up, either for publicity or in hopes of suckering people in. The real message to take away is that Google+ is growing. I’m now on it everyday, slowly watching people come over – for a while there it felt like it was just Thibault LeMaitre<\/a> & me. I’ve started posting blog articles that are unrelated to the French startup ecosystem on my person profile<\/a>.
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